Lost in the world of emulation - EpxsE - FF

twosocks · January 25th, 2002

Yes this is yet another FF9 problem!

I've been trying to do this for a while now and I can't get it for the life of me. I've changed my settings well over 20 times to the different suggestions throughout this board, including the guide written by 5'8 or 6'9 (sry cant remember names). I get the same results.

When I run the cdrom, it begins to initialize and then locks as it reads the cd. The cd is totally clean and unscratched. At one point I got another screen (using windowed mode) and it would get to the Square Soft Logo and then would lock. I've never gotten beyond that.

I've tried the launcher for epsxe (mdecs and mdecs timings), disabling and enabling and trying to conquer this thing from every direction. Here is my system:

AMD 1.33 ghz Athlon
512 mb pc133 ram
Gainward Geforce2 Titanium
LiteOn 24x10x40x CDRW

Pete's plugins for sound, gfx (d3d and ogl)
Default cdrom
(also tried Pete's with same result)

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.56
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: GeForce2 GTS/AGP/3DNOW!

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- R8G8A8A8
- Filtering: 5
- Caching: 2

Framerate:
- FPS limitation: on
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: Auto

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 2
- Framebuffer texture: 2
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: on

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Full vram: off
- Game fixes: off [00000200]

Enable sound: on
Enable CDDA Sound: on
Enable XA sound: on
Enable XA read: on
Enable SPU IRQ hack: off

Enable accurate timing: off
Disable cdrom status: off

I have the Ntsc (US) version of ff9 and the 1001 version of the bios

Thanks,
T

Badaro · January 25th, 2002

My suggestion:

First, remove all ePSXe settings, this will require a little registry editing, but there are quite a few posts on this.

Then, re-configure ePSXe (don't use ePSXeCutor yet) and try it. If it doesn't work, make an ISO of the CD and try again.

[]s Badaro

JAZ · January 26th, 2002

This will remove all the registry settings for ePSXe.

**Betamax** · January 26th, 2002

Try disabling cdda sound. It has been known to cause speed issues in certain circumstances (namely on Win 2k/xp). It shouldn't cause a problem on the internal sound but the symptoms you described fit.

January 25th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
twosocks Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1	Lost in the world of emulation - EpxsE - FF Yes this is yet another FF9 problem! I've been trying to do this for a while now and I can't get it for the life of me. I've changed my settings well over 20 times to the different suggestions throughout this board, including the guide written by 5'8 or 6'9 (sry cant remember names). I get the same results. When I run the cdrom, it begins to initialize and then locks as it reads the cd. The cd is totally clean and unscratched. At one point I got another screen (using windowed mode) and it would get to the Square Soft Logo and then would lock. I've never gotten beyond that. I've tried the launcher for epsxe (mdecs and mdecs timings), disabling and enabling and trying to conquer this thing from every direction. Here is my system: AMD 1.33 ghz Athlon 512 mb pc133 ram Gainward Geforce2 Titanium LiteOn 24x10x40x CDRW Pete's plugins for sound, gfx (d3d and ogl) Default cdrom (also tried Pete's with same result) Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.56 Author: Pete Bernert Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation GFX card: GeForce2 GTS/AGP/3DNOW! Resolution/Color: - 640x480 Window mode - Keep psx aspect ratio: off Textures: - R8G8A8A8 - Filtering: 5 - Caching: 2 Framerate: - FPS limitation: on - Frame skipping: off - FPS limit: Auto Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 2 - Framebuffer texture: 2 - Alpha multipass: on - Mask bit: on - Advanced blending: on Misc: - Scanlines: off - Line mode: off - Unfiltered FB: off - Dithering: off - Full vram: off - Game fixes: off [00000200] Enable sound: on Enable CDDA Sound: on Enable XA sound: on Enable XA read: on Enable SPU IRQ hack: off Enable accurate timing: off Disable cdrom status: off I have the Ntsc (US) version of ff9 and the 1001 version of the bios Thanks, T Last edited by twosocks; January 25th, 2002 at 05:14.

January 25th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Badaro Rosen Ritter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,401	Re: Lost in the world of emulation - EpxsE - FF My suggestion: First, remove all ePSXe settings, this will require a little registry editing, but there are quite a few posts on this. Then, re-configure ePSXe (don't use ePSXeCutor yet) and try it. If it doesn't work, make an ISO of the CD and try again. []s Badaro __________________ My old signature became obsolete and I lack imagination to make a new one.

January 26th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	Try disabling cdda sound. It has been known to cause speed issues in certain circumstances (namely on Win 2k/xp). It shouldn't cause a problem on the internal sound but the symptoms you described fit. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product. Last edited by Betamax; January 26th, 2002 at 13:53.

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